On 12 of June 2016, the Opening Ceremony of the 4th China-South Asia Expo and the 24th Session of Kunming Import and Export Fair was held in Dianchi International Exhibition Centre in Kunming. Mr. Wang Yang, Deputy Prime Minister of Chinese State Council, delivered a keynote speech. Mr. Li Jiheng, Party Secretary of Yunnan Provincial Government, Mr. Chen Hao, Governor of Yunnan Province, H.E. Mr. Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed, Special Envoy of Maldives President, Speaker of People’s Majlis, H.E. Mr. Trinh Dinh Dung, Deputy Prime Minister of Viet Nam, attended the ceremony and gave speeches. ACC Secretary-General H. E. Mme. Yang Xiuping participated in the event and exchanged views with the guests.
Deputy Prime Minister Wang Yang noted that China-South Asia relations was in the most dynamic and fruitful period. Against the backdrop of global economic downturn, to promote friendly cooperation between China and South Asian nations would not only benefit their own people, but also contribute to the recovery of world economy. Both sides should further enhance trade relations, promote infrastructure construction, develop tourism cooperation and boost sub-national cooperation. China-South Asia Expo was not only a window showcasing China, but also a platform for China-South Asia and China-Southeast Asia comprehensive cooperation. It was hoped that the Expo would become a high-quality and fruitful one with the efforts from all aspects.
On behalf of Yunnan Province, Mr. Li Jiheng welcomed all the guests to attend the Expo. He pointed out that since it was first held in 2013, China-South Asia Expo had been constantly expanding its scale, innovating the contents and improving the quality. It had already been turned into a grand assembly for enhancing China-South Asia and China-Southeast Asia cooperation. Yunnan Province was an important gateway for China’s two-way opening up to South Asia and Southeast Asia. It would make full use of its cultural and geographical advantages, and by using the platform of China-South Asia Expo, Yunnan would fully consult all the countries on cooperation forms and development plan, and enjoy together the fruit of development.
Mme. Gao Yan, Vice Minister of Commerce of China, said that China and South Asian nations were neighbours supporting each other and partners of close cooperation. The areas of cooperation ranged from trade, investment and agriculture, to infrastructure and well-being of the people. The Expo, co-hosted by Ministry of Commerce of China and Yunnan Province, had attracted large amount of enterprises by establishing platform for the cooperation of China-South Asia, and China-Southeast Asia. This well indicated the complementarity of China-South Asian and China-Southeast Asian Countries economic advantages, and the huge development potential in the future.
H.E. Mr. Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed, Speaker of People’s Majlis from the theme Country of this session of China-South Asia Expo indicated that the Expo had an important meaning to the China-South Asian and China-Southeast Asian countries cooperation. Maldive and China enjoyed friendly relations and continuously expanded bilateral cooperation. He believed that by joining efforts from all sides and building together the Maritime Silk Road, the China-South Asia Expo would become the bridge for promoting mutually beneficial China-South Asian and China-Southeast Asian countries cooperation.
H.E. Mr. Trinh Dinh Dung, Deputy Prime Minister of Viet Nam, the Guest Country of this Expo, said that while the global economy was witnessing a dim prospect, the Expo attracted so many companies to participate. This further demonstrated the important role of China and Yunnan Province in regional economic development. Viet Nam would like to further deepen cooperation with China as well as Yunan Province, and wish to make further contribution to China-ASEAN cooperation.
H.E. Mr. Hor Namhong, Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia, pointed out that Cambodia had benefited greatly from China’s fast economic growth. Thanks to the in-depth implementation of the Belt and Road initiative and the establishment of AIIB, China-South Asia and China-Southeast Asia relations would face a broader prospect.
H.E. Mr. Sonexay Siphandone, Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, and other foreign dignitaries expressed their appreciation to the Government of China and Yunnan Province for their considerate arrangement for the Expo. They spoke highly of China’s neighbouring foreign policy, which was summarized as “Amity, Sincerity, Mutual Benefit and Inclusiveness”, and its important contributions to regional prosperity and development. They sincerely hoped that the Expo would be fruitful and play a bigger role in deepening China-South Asia and China-Southeast Asia pragmatic cooperation.
China-South Asia Expo was co-hosted by China MOFCOM and Yunnan Provincial Government with Kunming as its permanent meeting venue. The 4th China-South Asia Expo and the 24th Kunming Import and Export Fair was the largest Expo in its history in terms of scale which had attracted more than 5000 enterprises from 89 countries in Asia, Europe, America, Africa and Oceania.
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